The surname Wakeland
A surname, carried by 1,079 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W245
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,079 people named Wakeland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,066.
#23,532
rank among US surnames
1,079
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.2%
change since 2000 (was #22,521)
Who is named Wakeland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Wakeland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wakeland
Wakeland has the Soundex code W245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W245.
Questions
- How common is the surname Wakeland?
- 1,079 people in the United States had the surname Wakeland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wakeland?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wakeland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Wakeland getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, up 1.2%.